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30-05-2011, 04:20 PM
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Wise Old Owl
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Best Old School PC Games
After just reading a post about how good games these days are being determined by hows great they look in the graphics department, I just wanted to drop a nostalgic post about why a good game is all down to game play, immersion, atmostphere and old school innovation.
The purpose of this post is too just discuss the merits of the old greats of the PC gaming era - Im interested to see peoples thoughts on the topic and what they think were great old school games and what made these games stand out amoung the multitude.
my fav old game is.
Dangerous Dave
Prince of Persia 2: The Shadow and the Flame
Roadrash
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Commandos: Behind Enemy Lines
Commandos: Beyond the Call of Duty
Desperados: Wanted Dead or Alive
Drakan: Order of the Flame
Prince of Persia 3D
Delta Force 1
Urban Chaos
post ur best old pc game. 
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30-05-2011, 04:24 PM
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Re: Best Old School PC Games
My fav(since I am not able to remember as of now)
Commandos 2
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30-05-2011, 06:07 PM
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Re: Best Old School PC Games
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The first game I played. Going to download it right now. 
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30-05-2011, 07:48 PM
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Re: Best Old School PC Games
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Originally Posted by Rockstar11
After just reading a post about how good games these days are being determined by hows great they look in the graphics department, I just wanted to drop a nostalgic post about why a good game is all down to game play, immersion, atmostphere and old school innovation.
The purpose of this post is too just discuss the merits of the old greats of the PC gaming era - Im interested to see peoples thoughts on the topic and what they think were great old school games and what made these games stand out amoung the multitude.
my fav old game is.
Commandos: Behind Enemy Lines
Commandos: Beyond the Call of Duty
Desperados: Wanted Dead or Alive
Drakan: Order of the Flame
Prince of Persia 3D
post ur best old pc game. |
Are these games that much old? Coz even now I really love these more than the recent ones!
I remember my dad used to run a game on his dos pc with black and white screen for me in which we had to control a anti aircraft canon and kill aircrafts passing over ,anybody knows its name? It ran from a floppy
And yes command and conquer yuris revenge and some nestopia games like contra
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30-05-2011, 08:07 PM
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Re: Best Old School PC Games
For me, Half Life was and will continue to be the best game. It's legendary. It had immersive gameplay, and a brilliant concept that made it way ahead of its time. Half Life revolutionised the entire FPS genre.
"Resonance Cascade in the Black Mesa facility" 
Another one was Need for Speed II. An amazing game and IMO is still the best in the NFS series.
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30-05-2011, 09:09 PM
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Re: Best Old School PC Games
half life opppsing fronts & hexen2.
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Another one was Need for Speed II. An amazing game and IMO is still the best in the NFS series.
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30-05-2011, 11:09 PM
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Re: Best Old School PC Games
Hmmm.......Hidden and Dangerous Deluxe and Fallout Tactics.
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30-05-2011, 11:51 PM
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Re: Best Old School PC Games
Delta Force series and Project IGI !
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31-05-2011, 01:13 AM
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Re: Best Old School PC Games
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Hmmm.......Hidden and Dangerous Deluxe
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i was about to tell this. good tactical gameplay but really really hard.
another game is: Freedom Fighter.
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31-05-2011, 01:29 AM
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i was about to tell this. good tactical gameplay but really really hard.
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Well I didn't found it that hard but yes it was not easy at all. Planning and executing the tactics was fun for me. My whole crew survived the whole game. None of em died at all
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31-05-2011, 02:33 AM
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Re: Best Old School PC Games
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Well I didn't found it that hard but yes it was not easy at all. Planning and executing the tactics was fun for me. My whole crew survived the whole game. None of em died at all |
maybe you are used to playing these kind of tactical game. i have played (or tried playing) GRAW & failed. so this is not something for me.
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31-05-2011, 07:27 AM
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Living to Play
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maybe you are used to playing these kind of tactical game. i have played (or tried playing) GRAW & failed. so this is not something for me.
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Yes you can say that because I have played GRAW also and loved it and none of my squad members died in any mission at all. I loved Rainbow Six series also and loved it. I like squad based tactical games.
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31-05-2011, 07:29 AM
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Re: Best Old School PC Games
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i was about to tell this. good tactical gameplay but really really hard.
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i love hidden and dangerous series for its tactical play. even the newer H&D has great tactical elements
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31-05-2011, 08:20 AM
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Re: Best Old School PC Games
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Prince of Persia 2: The Shadow and the Flame |
Prince 2 had great music.
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01-06-2011, 12:53 PM
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Re: Best Old School PC Games
Prince 2 was good but not as fluid as the first one.
I too love Half Life. One of the greatest game Ever!
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12-02-2012, 01:26 PM
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Wise Old Owl
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Prince 2 had great music. |
yep
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12-02-2012, 02:05 PM
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Re: Best Old School PC Games
Chess-Master 2100, Roadrash and Pac-Man.
I still love to play Pac-Man, it's one of my favorite games
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12-02-2012, 03:45 PM
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Re: Best Old School PC Games
Halo: Combat Evolved
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12-02-2012, 03:51 PM
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hey, don't forget age of empires ! 
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12-02-2012, 04:36 PM
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Re: Best Old School PC Games
Rollercoaster tycoon
Roadrash
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12-02-2012, 05:53 PM
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The Warchief
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Re: Best Old School PC Games
Started Gaming when i was in 4th..
Prince of Persia 1 & 2
Super Mario Bros.
Dave
Aladdin
Lion King
Virtua Cop 2
Road Rash
Midtown Madness
Tekken 3
Metal Slug.
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12-02-2012, 06:06 PM
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I got my first PC in 2005 so not much experienced with Old School games , but these were definitely good , played them on my cousin;s PC
Road Rash
DeltaForce II
Prince of Persia
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12-02-2012, 06:08 PM
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Wise Old Owl
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Re: Best Old School PC Games
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Chess-Master 2100, Roadrash and Pac-Man.
I still love to play Pac-Man, it's one of my favorite games
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Pac-Man rocks
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12-02-2012, 09:38 PM
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Wise Old Ghoul
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Re: Best Old School PC Games
Claw,Mario,nfs2,Navy Seals....
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12-02-2012, 10:50 PM
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Re: Best Old School PC Games
dave,wolfenstein3d,biomenace,lionking,POP,hocus-pocus,doom,heretic,zool,mario,Roadrash,Descent,AOE 2,diablo....
There was no good game.Played every game i got my hands on back then and all were awesome.
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12-02-2012, 11:40 PM
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The Warchief
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^^I still have iso image of this, was pretty enjoying those days.
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13-02-2012, 10:21 AM
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Re: Best Old School PC Games
@Faun: is that Indiana Jones?
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13-02-2012, 10:31 AM
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Re: Best Old School PC Games
Anyone tried Elder Scrolls:Arena? The first Elder Scrolls game ever. Had Wolf3d-ish graphics, but had pioneered non-linear gameplay. Also, the game world consisted of the whole continent of Tamriel.
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Re: Best Old School PC Games
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@Faun: is that Indiana Jones?
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Nope its "The Mummy".
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